Lowell middle schools ready to hoop it up

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
01/13/2013 06:36:28 AM EST

LOWELL -- The middle-school basketball season begins in earnest this week with games Tuesday and Thursday after school.

The Friends of Lowell High School meet Monday at 7 p.m., in the Little Theater. Speakers will be Headmaster Ed Rozmiarek, Athletic Director Jim DeProfio, Student Activities Director Tom Thornton, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Roxane Howe, who will discuss safety issues at the high school.

Here's what's happening this week in Lowell's public schools.

BUTLER: The basketball teams host Wang on Tuesday and Robinson on Thursday; games begin at 4 p.m. Thursday is Candid Photo Day; a photographer from O'Connor Studios will take pictures for the yearbook.

GREENHALGE: Families are asked to send in a recipe to share in the "Multi-Cultural Family Cookbook." Another Box Tops for Education contest has begun, so send them in with your child in a bag with their name and room number on it; the class that collects the most will win a special treat; congratulations to Mrs. Kiesel's kindergarten class for winning the fall contest. PTO meets Thursday, 6:30-7:30; there will be coffee, pastries and a chance to win an M.L. Shaw's gift certificate.

MCAULIFFE: Book swap is every Monday morning, 9:10-9:25, in the lobby. Preschool Family Reading Night is Wednesday, 6-7 p.m.; preschoolers are encouraged to wear pajamas; they will leave with a gently used book or two and a bookmark.

MOREY: PTO meets Monday, 5 p.m.; all parents are welcome. Family Fun Night Bingo for Books is Thursday, 5:30. Second-graders will take a field trip Friday to the Museum of Science.

MURKLAND: Send Box Tops for Education in school this month. Reminder: All visitors must check in to the school office.

REILLY: PTO meets Tuesday in the school library, 6 p.m. Student Council is collecting cellphones for soldiers; please send in old cellphones; a soldier is provided with 2 hours of free talk time for every phone donated.

ROBINSON: Monday night band will be held Monday, 3:30-5 p.m., at Lowell High School. Basketball games Tuesday at Bartlett School, and Thursday at Butler, boys at 4 p.m., and girls after.

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